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Albin Accent

Sailboat specifications

The Albin Accent is a 26’5” (8.05m) cruiser-racer sailboat designed by Peter Norlin (Sweden). She was built between 1975 and 1980 by Albin Marine (Sweden) and Shipman Sweden AB (Sweden) with 760 hulls completed.

Albin Accent's main features

Model
Albin Accent
Hull type
Monohull
Category
Cruiser-racer sailboat
Sailboat builder
Sailboat designer
Sailboat collection
Country
Sweden
Construction
Hull and deck: GRP (glass reinforced polyester)
Number of hulls built
760
First built hull
1975
Last built hull
1980
Appendages
Keel : fin without bulb
Helm
Single tiller
Rudder
Single spade rudder
Unsinkable
No
Trailerable
No
Standard public price ex. VAT (indicative only)
N/A

Albin Accent's main dimensions

Hull length
26’ 5”8.05 m
Waterline length
20’ 6”6.25 m
Beam (width)
9’ 1”2.77 m
Draft
5’ 1”1.54 m
Light displacement (MLC)
5071 lb2300 kg
Ballast weight
1984 lb900 kg

Albin Accent's rig and sails

Upwind sail area
308 ft²28.6 m²
Mainsail area
129 ft²12 m²
Genoa area
179 ft²16.6 m²
Rigging type
Sloop Marconi 3/4
Mast configuration
Deck stepped mast
Rotating spars
No
Number of levels of spreaders
1
Spreaders angle
0 °
Spars construction
Aluminum spars
Standing rigging
1x19 strand wire continuous

Albin Accent's performances

Upwind sail area to displacement
 iThe ratio sail area to displacement is obtained by dividing the sail area by the boat's displaced volume to the power two-thirds.

The ratio sail area to displacement can be used to compare the relative sail plan of different sailboats no matter what their size.

Upwind: under 18 the ratio indicates a cruise oriented sailboat with limited performances especially in light wind, while over 25 it indicates a fast sailboat.
177 ft²/T16.41 m²/T
Displacement-length ratio (DLR)
 iThe Displacement Length Ratio (DLR) is a figure that points out the boat's weight compared to its waterline length. The DLR is obtained by dividing the boat's displacement in tons by the cube of one one-hundredth of the waterline length (in feet).
The DLR can be used to compare the relative mass of different sailboats no matter what their length:

a DLR less than 180 is indicative of a really light sailboat (race boat made for planning), while a DLR greater than 300 is indicative of a heavy cruising sailboat.
267
Ballast ratio
 iThe Ballast ratio is an indicator of stability; it is obtained by dividing the boat's displacement by the mass of the ballast. Since the stability depends also of the hull shapes and the position of the center of gravity, only the boats with similar ballast arrangements and hull shapes should be compared.

The higher the ballast ratio is, the greater is the stability.
39 %
Critical hull speed
 iAs a ship moves in the water, it creates standing waves that oppose its movement. This effect increases dramatically the resistance when the boat reaches a speed-length ratio (speed-length ratio is the ratio between the speed in knots and the square root of the waterline length in feet) of about 1.2 (corresponding to a Froude Number of 0.35) . This very sharp rise in resistance, between speed-length ratio of 1.2 to 1.5, is insurmountable for heavy sailboats and so becomes an apparent barrier. This leads to the concept of "hull speed".
The hull speed is obtained by multiplying the square root of the waterline length (in feet) by 1.34.
6.07 knots

Albin Accent's auxiliary engine

Engine(s)
1 inboard engine
Engine(s) power
8 HP
Fuel type
Diesel

Albin Accent's accommodations and layout

Cockpit
Closed aft cockpit
Cabin(s)
1
Berth(s) (min./max.)
5 / 7
Head(s)
1
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